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A U.K.-based health care advocacy organization is calling on British physicians to take a lesson from their counterparts in the U.S. and embrace remote treatment to care for patients with chronic conditions. The group 2020Health claims millions of pounds in government investment in telehealth technology is going to waste because of doctors' reluctance to use remote-treatment platforms.

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Cisco Systems announced 10,000 customers are now using its Unified Computing Systems -- this is just three years after the company launched the converged infrastructure servers. According to the company, that total is a 150% increase over last year, but analysts point out that despite the success in the high-end server market, Cisco is still shy of competing among the top-five vendors by unit market share.

Polycom, a marketer of videoconferencing solutions, is launching Polycom RealPresence Cloud, a new wholesale video offering for service providers. The service -- which is being integrated into several IBM platforms, including its Sametime unified-communications offering -- enables providers to market videoconferencing solutions to their end-users via their own hosting network or the Polycom RealPresence Network.

A dozen Windstream data centers have been officially deemed up to snuff when it comes to protecting client data and ensuring they are in compliance with federal regulatory requirements. The facilities, across the Northeast and elsewhere, have been certified under the SSAE 16, SOC 1 Type II standard, which was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

EchoStar is readying the launch of a managed Internet-based video service based on technology it bought in its acquisition of Move Networks last year. The company will offer smaller providers -- including telecoms, broadband ISPs and cable companies -- live TV streaming, video-on-demand content and a network-based DVR.

Cisco Systems broadened its smart-energy platform with a suite of hardware and software products for utilities. The company's new GridBlocks Architecture gives service providers control over network functions in a scalable solution that can support legacy infrastructure. Separately, Cisco released new field area network equipment that builds on the company's IPv6 alliance with Itron, and advanced modules for its 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers.